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| Name | HEALEY / HALEY – Patrick |
|---|---|
| Regiment (s) | 20th Regiment |
| Regiment Number (s) | 3508 |
| Date/Age/Place/Trade or Profession at Attestation | 13th September 1851 / 17 years / Cork Ireland Labourer |
| Description – Height Complexion/Eyes/Hair/Scars | 5 Ft 8 in Fresh / Grey / Dark Brown / Gunshot wound |
| Overseas Service/Duration | North America – 1 year 43 days Crimea – 232 days |
| Length of Service | 2 years 322 days |
| Rank/Date/Place of Discharge | Private / 31st July 1855 / Chatham Kent England |
| Campaign Medals | Crimea War Medal with Alma Balaklava Inkermann and Sebastopol clasps Turkish Crimea Medal |
| Intended Residence at Discharge | Cork Ireland |
| Pension Districts | 1855 Cork 1863 Tilbury 1863-1898 Western Australia |
| Pension Paid | 9d per diem 1881 Increased to 1/3d per diem for service in the Enrolled Force Western Australia |
| Date of Departure and Place England or Ireland | 15th March 1863 Portland Dorset England |
| Ship and Date of Arrival Western Australia | CLYDE 29th May 1863 |
| Date/Place of Birth | 1834 St Ann’s Cork Ireland |
| Date/Place of Baptism | Not yet known |
| Father Date/Place of Birth | HEALY John |
| Mother Date/Place of Birth Marriage | Not yet known |
| Siblings | Not yet known |
| 1st Wife Date of Birth or Baptism | SULLIVAN / O’SULLIVAN Mary 1824 (Deduced) Ireland |
| Date/Place of Marriage | Not yet known |
| Children by 1st Wife | Mary (HEALEY) B c1858 M MORGAN Charles Thomas 1881 Western Australia D 31st July 1934 Fremantle Western Australia bur Anglican Section Fremantle Cemetery Western Australia Ellen B July 1858 Cork (Haly) Bp July 1858 St. Mary’s Cork City Ireland D 5th April 1877 Perth Pensioner Barracks WA aged 18 years 10 months. Buried East Perth Cemetery Perth WA Daniel Matthew B November 1860 St. Mary’s Cork City Cork, Ireland M SEYMOUR Elizabeth 1887 Western Australia D 9th February 1951 West Perth Western Australia bur Roman Catholic Karrakatta Cemetery Western Australia Patrick John B 24th February 1863 at sea Clyde Bp 10th June 1863 Fremantle Western Australia M HARRIS Emily Harriett 8th February 1888 Perth Western Australia D 8th August 1955 Mt Lawley Western Australia bur Roman Catholic Section Karrakatta Cemetery Western Australia Denis B 15th April 1865 Fremantle Western Australia D 13th May 1890 Perth Western Australia Joseph B 2nd August 1867 Barracks Fremantle Western Australia D 24th October 1933 East Perth Western Australia bur Roman Catholic Section Karrakatta Cemetery Western Australia Margaret Catherine B 26th October 1869 Perth WA D 18th April 1891 Western Australia bur Roman Catholic Section East Perth Cemeteries Western Australia |
| Father of 1st wife Date/Place of Birth | O’SULLIVAN Patrick |
| Mother of 1st wife Date/Place of Birth Marriage | Not yet known |
| Land Grants Western Australia | 1881 granted Perth Lot H35 Hay Street Perth Title Application 5th September 1881 Title 5/202 3 roods 14 perches |
| Occupation after Arrival | Not yet known |
| Newspaper Articles | Inquirer and Commercial News Wednesday 18th April 1877 page 5 Death of Ellen Healy The WA Record Thursday 22nd May 1890 page 6 Death of Denis Western Mail Friday 14th October 1898 page 33 Obituary Patrick Healy Western Mail Saturday 26th December 1908 page 16 Short Obit Mary Healy Western Mail 26th October 1933 page 25 Obituary Joseph Healy The West Australian Friday 3rd August 1934 page 1 Death Notice Mary Morgan |
| Departure from Western Australia | Not applicable |
| Date/Place of Death/Burial | 11th October 1898 Perth Hospital Western Australia Roman Catholic Section East Perth Cemeteries Western Australia |
| Date/Place of Death/Burial Wife | 18th December 1908 Western Australia Roman Catholic Section East Perth Cemeteries Western Australia |
| Will or Probate | None known |
| Further Information | Military record are usually Haley or Haly whereas in WA it is spelt Healy Disabled by gunshot wound through the left tarsus the ball passing from within outwards nearly through its centre occurred at Inkerman. During the voyage of the Clyde three occurrences for Patrick Haley (sic) were noted firstly the birth of a male child 25th February 1863 at 2:30 am aboard the Clyde and secondly on 24th March reported for sleeping while on sentry duty – grog stopped for 3 days and extra barricade duty and on 12 April Patrick Healy was reprimanded for beating and abusing his wife after being separated and admonished he again attacked her with a deck scraper -24 hours bread and water 23rd January 1888 Patrick Healy applied for employment in the Public Service. His application said he was 50 Years of age, married with 7 married children, sober and honest. He was recommended by Geo Leake Chief Justice for whom he had previously worked as a servant. SROWA Cons 527/1888/311 SLWA Private Archives 8310/A1 states Patrick Healy’s daughter Mary was aged 2 years at the time of the voyage of the Clyde. She married master mariner Charles Thomas Morgan. Their daughter Margaret Florence Morgan married Ernest Edward Page whose mother Matilda Shaw was the daughter of Samuel John Shaw, a pensioner of the Royal Artillery 2nd Batt, who arrived in Hobart in 1850 aboard the William Jardine. Corporal Shaw took up an allotment at Westbury, Tasmania. |